Hardware :: Taking MacBook To South Africa
Apr 26, 2009
I'm going to be travelling to South Africa soon and I would like to bring my MacBook 13" along with me, however, charging may be an issue I've read that the Apple World Traveler Adapter Kit does not have a compatible plug for South Africa. However, I searched the South African Apple store and it said that the European plug is compatible with South African plugs. Is this true? I'm in Canada and use the US version plugs. What would be my best option for going to South Africa?
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Jun 13, 2012
I am moving. I know that mobile and portable devices will work, but will a desktop? I do not see voltage guidance on the iMac casing.
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Sep 27, 2009
Which of these would you say is better (both for looks and use)?- Twelve South BookArc - Rain Design mStandI really like the BookArc, but I'm not keen on having to wait 2-3 weeks for it. I have seen it on eBay though.I know both have different uses, but I won't be using the laptop screen when connected to an external screen (at least not planning on doing so).
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Sep 27, 2010
So, like a complete idiot i downloaded a torrent file with a few thousand font files. i installed them all and it has bogged down my OS and taken over programs like Safari, firefox and entourage (which i use for email). when i change the font in the preference menu in the respective program it will change the size but not the actual font style. another strange thing is that safari will not load pictures now either.
i want to just wipe the hdd but i do not have a disc because i bought it used. i can take it back to the guy i got it from as he refurbishes macs but i was wondering if i could avoid the trip if any one has a tip or two for me.
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Jul 4, 2012
I just ordered a new Macbook Pro (with Retina Display).It's my first MBP since 2007.I'm super excited about it, minus one glaring issue. My harddrive is the baseline 251 GB SSD. I've hardly used the thing besides loading some music and movies onto it. However, when I look at the'About this Mac' window, it says I'm using 51.89GB in Other.Compared to only 11GB in Movies and 2GB in Audio.It's hard for me to believe that the operating system takes up a whopping 50GB..How can I account for this Other section?
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 251 GB SSD
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Jul 25, 2009
my Macbook that is in my signature is currently saying that it will take ten hours to charge (See Pic) after charging for the first time in two weeks after coming back from a camp and I'm not sure what to do.
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Jan 24, 2010
Just recently my MacBook (10.6.2) has started to take around a minute to shut down instead of about 2 seconds like it always has done. It displays a lightish blue screen with the loading symbol as seen below the apple logo when starting up any machine. The only thing I have done differently recently is started using an external monitor and kb/mouse. Although I have disconnected all of these and it still does it.
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Jan 27, 2010
media event the MBP was not even mentioned. It was pretty much the new release of the iPad. The MacBook Pro released June 08, 2009. Obviously we can see that it has been over 6 months, and down to be an update.
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Feb 19, 2010
My 13'' MBP is starting to act up and it's time to take it in for service. The display is not living up to expectation, but worse are issues waking up from sleep and unexplainable pinwheeling (during low cpu/memory/disk usage periods, etc)Anyway, based on previous experience with apple, i suspect they'll resort to the catchall new logic board solution they usually go to. My concern is that I've upgraded my HDD to a 500GB WD. Usually I would drop the stock 250 in there for the purpose of having it serviced and just put my 500 back when I got the machine back. The issue now is that the 250 is being used in another machine, and this would be a giant headache.
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Jun 13, 2010
My macbook pro i7 has started to take a while to boot up for some reason and this appears which hasn't happened before.
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Feb 7, 2012
how do I know what's taking up space on my macbook pro's hard disk?
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Mar 25, 2012
Its taking about 3-5 minutes to log out and I dont know why I have disconnected a usb without ejecting it before, and also declined an microsoft autoupdate from Word. when im logging out, the screen turns blue and theres a spinning circle at the bototm. after that, the log in screen is not able to be clicked on anything, and it will take about 5-10 minutes to be able to be clicked and log in.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
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Apr 2, 2012
I have just downloaded Numbers for mac, I have a Macbook Air, July 2011, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 1.7Ghz Intel Core i5 4 GB DDR3. I have opened numbers, and it is sucking up CPU, if I click on something, it jumps up to 99.7%!! I currently have two sheets open, one with a text box, empty graph and empty table, the other sheet, just an empty table.. When I click on anything, the app locks up and i get a pinwheel. (until it sorts itself out, a good while later!)Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 1.7Ghz Intel Core i5 4 GB DDR3
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Apr 17, 2012
I'm currently running my mac with an SSD in place of my original HDD and my HDD in place of my optical drive. For some reason when I try and boot down my mac it is taking an unusually long time considering I'm running my OS on an SSD. Here is the shutdown system log for the process which is taking a long time.Â
Apr 17 15:04:30 Tom-Blomfields-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.xprotectupdater[63]): Exited with code: 255
Apr 17 15:04:48 Tom-Blomfields-MacBook-Pro com.apple.kextcache[321]: Created prelinked kernel //System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache.Â
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Running an SSD and HDD internally
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Apr 23, 2012
All Timemachine backups stored on External HDD. Storage info is still showing 80GB Backup files on Laptop. How can I find and delete these backups so I free up space?
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MacBookPro
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May 24, 2012
I have a 2012 macbook pro 13" and it takes about 45- 50 secs to startup! But during the startup a WHITE screen appears for about 5 secs after the apple logo goes off!Is it normal!?!?!
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 4, 2012
All of a sudeene when I use Safari, it opens and takes up my whole screen. I want to make it smaller, but the top of the tool bar only shows the back button and the bar, I do not see Safari or any of the red, green and yellow buttons. I'm not sure how this happened, but my grandson was using my computer to check his email and after that, Safari changed to this.
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), iOS 5.1.1
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Jun 17, 2014
How can I get rid of 'others' its taking up 64gb out of 120gb, Ihave downloaded omnidisksweeper but i am not sure what isn't important to delete, i have deleted all my documents and photos...
Recently the screen goes to sleep, then when i move my mouse it comes back on black with my mouse visible only ...
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Jun 24, 2014
I've only just got the macbook air 2012 with 64gb of space and now it seems that i have run out of space..Apparently i'm using 54gb and i just can't see how thats possible, because i've only download atleast 2 apps and got iphoto and imovie. Â
Also i haven't got mavericks because i don't think i have enough and i just don't see how i've run out already?? How can i check how much i have left and whats taking up all the space?
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Feb 24, 2008
I have a 2.2Ghz Macbook with 2Gb ram and its running 10.5.2 (update went fine) and for some time now the start up of my mac has been very long. It sometimes take in excess of 30 minutes to turn on. It waits on the grey apple screen with the apple logo and the spinning loading sign near the bottom. Is there anything i could try without doing any major resets or reinstalls?
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Jan 10, 2009
I don't know if the title makes much sense, but what I'm wondering... is if I get a MBP isight camera like this:
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And mod it (somehow...) to connect to my comp via a regular USB cable....
Does anybody know how I would go about doing something like this? Not sure what connections are on the isight for mbp....
as I don't want to shell out $150+ on a real iSight camera, nor do I want to pay for a new mac with isight...
I would just go for a Logitech, but with mac they don't support autofocus (even though it claims too, all the reviews I've read say it doesn't work).
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Jun 28, 2009
I've only had my macbook for about 3 weeks, and already it's saying I've reached like 110GB. That can't be right though, cause I've only used like 50GB worth of space. I've searched and searched through my Hard Drive to see what's taking the space. But can't find anything. Is there like a program I can download to see all the large files on my Macbook?
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Jul 8, 2009
I just noticed that my umbp is kind of slow. For example, safari used to load up less than a second. Now it takes about two to four bounces. Then, it will take 1 second to start up. On Firefox, it usually takes 5 to 6 bounces to start up as well. Could there be a lot going on through my activity monitor?
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Nov 7, 2009
I'm restoring my data (roughly 78GB) because, when trying to partition my disk, I got the annoying "large files cannot be moved blah blah" error. So I backed up (which took almost 5 hours), formatted, and am now currently restoring, at an estimated time of 18-21 hours (it fluctuates, even said 1 day 5 hours at one point). I'm using an old LaCie 120 External, a few years old, but at the least it should be 5400 RPM. Is there a problem that's causing it to take this long, or is this normal? Oh, I forgot to list specs. On the 2.4 ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB ram, 8600m GT model.
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Dec 10, 2009
although might sound really dumb.. is there a program out there that helps with taking notes (using your index or middle finger as a pen)
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Jan 16, 2010
Recently my internet has been slow, and even though I reboot my iStat Pro reports that I'm always downloading and uploading stuff (the speeds are like 100 kilobytes/sec) even though I have no applications running (I only have Finder in my Dock). How can I see what is using up my bandwidth?
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Feb 2, 2010
I'm at a university and I've had a MacBook Pro for about a year now. The OS is Mac OS X 10.5.8. The processor is 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. The Memory is 4 GB DDR2. When I'm at the University we use a secure wireless network. When I option click on the AirPort icon, I get the following readings:
0:26:cb:82:8d:80
Channel: 11
RSSI: -68
Transmit Rate: 130
Because it's a university-wide system, I have no idea what the router information is. When I asked our IT staff about it - a group of part-time college students - they just shrug and tell me everything is working. I can download movie files in an instant. Zip files, even the most basic ones, take about half an hour. This is true even when the movie and the zip file is on the same website. A movie file, six or eight times the size of the zip, downloads much faster. I've read through this forum and others. I followed this suggestion: I deleted my AirPort setting and reinstalled it under "wireless". This did not seem to change anything.
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May 20, 2010
Ever since 10.6 my MBA has shut down in seconds, however this afternoon its now taking over a minute - can anyone shed any light as to why?
I've attached the log for a shutdown from button pressed to actual power off if anyone could point anything out...
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May 21, 2010
It seems like this is taking too long. Should I be concerned? I've only had the computer for a month but start up seems slower.
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Feb 2, 2012
When I turn on my Macbook it does not go past the initial screen with an apple and spinning wheel. I took out the battery but am wondering if I need to do something special when turning it on again?
Info:MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008)
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